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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Intellectual property law (2022/2023)
Teaching code
4S009816
Teacher
Credits
6
Also offered in courses:
- Intellectual property law of the course Combined Bachelor's + Master's degree in Law
- Intellectual property law of the course Master's degree in Artificial intelligence
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
IUS/04 - BUSINESS LAW
Period
2nd lecture period (2A) dal Feb 13, 2023 al Mar 25, 2023.
Learning objectives
The course is included in the learning area on Internationalization of the markets. The course aims at providing students with the basic legal knowledge of intellectual and industrial property rights (IP), with particular reference to exclusive rights deriving from copyright, patents for industrial inventions, designs, and the protection of distinctive signs in business activities, such as trademarks, geographical indications and denominations of origin. In particular, the granting conditions of the various IP rights will be examined in detail, including registration procedures and procedures for opposition and protection, distinguishing between national, European and international level. The course will also focus on the systematic role of IP for innovation, from the point of view both of companies, as an incentive to investments and as a strategic asset, and of consumers, for the impact generated on the dynamics of competition, especially in the most advanced market frontiers.
The student will acquire the ability to address and solve real problems of the professional context in which he/she will operate, orienting his/her competence to contractual compliance and to the prevention of legal conflicts, being able to verify the practical and applicative consequences of the theoretical and regulatory framework and to set up, in written and oral form, also through team work, written exercises and the method of Problem Based Solving (PBS), the solution of practical issues, using the appropriate and specific disciplinary vocabulary, adopting the correct lines of reasoning and argumentation, and formulating independent judgments. The teaching method used is functional to the on-going learning and updating of the acquired knowledge.
Prerequisites and basic notions
Basic notions of civil law (property rights, obligations, contracts) and commercial law (business and market)
Program
The program will focus on the foundations of the various industrial and intellectual property rights, then focusing on trademarks as the central element of communication of company values on the market for internationalization strategies.
In detail:
- industrial and intellectual property rights (concepts and foundations)
- the difference between patents, trade secrets, copyrights, designs and models, trademarks
- trademarks: requirements, registration, effects, protection and invalidity
- the different types of trademarks: individual, collective and certification marks
- further aspects of regulation of business communication on the market: unfair competition, misleading advertising, unfair commercial practices
As textbook see Vanzetti - Di Cataldo - Spolidoro, Manuale di Diritto Industriale, Giuffrè, 2021, p. 1-358
Please note: for IT students (Artificial Intelligence Degree), further materials will be indicated on a special basis
Bibliography
Didactic methods
Taught lectures, case analysis, classroom debate
Learning assessment procedures
To pass the exam, students must demonstrate that they:
- have understood the principles underlying intellectual property law
- be able to present their arguments in a precise and organic way on issues relating to intellectual property law
- know how to apply the acquired knowledge to solve application problems presented in the form of exercises, questions and projects
The exam will be oral, based on the analysis of a case/topic and the exposition of relevant problems and possible solutions
Evaluation criteria
learning of legal notions; ability to analyze legal problems and critical reasoning; lexical competence and quality of presentation.
Grades are on scale 30/30.
Exam language
italiano
